1996 Taiwanese presidential election

1996 Taiwanese presidential election

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Registered	14,313,288
Turnout	76.04%
Nominee Lee Teng-hui Peng Ming-min Party Kuomintang DPP Running mate Lien Chan Frank Hsieh Popular vote 5,813,699 2,274,586 Percentage 54.00% 21.13%   Nominee Lin Yang-kang Chen Li-an Party Independent Independent Running mate Hau Pei-tsun Wang Ching-feng Popular vote 1,603,790 1,074,044 Percentage 14.90% 9.98%
Results by county-level unit Results by township-level unit
President before election Lee Teng-hui Kuomintang Elected President Lee Teng-hui Kuomintang

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Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 23 March 1996.^[1] It was the first direct presidential election in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China. In the previous eight elections the president and vice president had been chosen in a ballot of the deputies of the National Assembly, in accordance with the 1947 constitution. These were the first free and direct elections in the History of Taiwan.

Lee Teng-hui was re-elected President and Lien Chan as Vice President. Lee stood as the candidate of the ruling Kuomintang. He won a majority of 54% of the votes cast. His election followed missile tests by the People's Republic of China (PRC). These were an attempt to intimidate the Taiwanese electorate and discourage them from supporting Lee, however the tactic backfired. Voter turnout was 76.0%.^[2]